Juvenile offenders in Wisconsin would be removed from the state's embattled youth prison by 2021 under a bill approved unanimously on Wednesday by the state Assembly. The legislation would send most youth offenders to facilities overseen by counties throughout the state.

Since taking the reins at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Mike Mulvaney has slowed the new rule on payday lending and dropped a case brought by Cordray against a payday lender from South Carolina that just happens to be a big contributor to Mulvaney's election campaigns.

Abigail Becker joined The Capital Times in 2016, where she primarily covers city and county government. She previously worked for the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism and the Wisconsin State Journal.

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